Poll 1: Playing selector: WK for the AT subcontinental XI

[smash84]

Yeah but if Sanga never keeps, he doesn't perfect picking the off-spinner/doosra/top-spinner from Murali's hand, and thus ends up averaging 22 against Ajmal and becomes his bunny.

I don't think he would become any Pakistan bowler's bunny. He's just a beast against us and right from the end days of the Ws

 

[ankitj]

Vinoo Mankad not making any XIs sucks. My five men attack will be Imran, Akram, Waqar, Murali, Mankad.

 

[Contra]

Happened for 42 Tests = cannot possibly happen, apparently

Do you normally wait for a player to play for more than 8 years before you admit they've played?

Yeah and what was his average during that time period? I don't believe that Sanga can be as good as a batsmen if he has to keep, that's my personal opinion, and also I don't rate Sanga the batsmen as highly as some of the others here do (gloves or no gloves). So if you are picking an ATXI I'd want someone who can keep primarily and then bat, this is obviously a hypothetical exercise but I would imagine this team playing against say an ATXI of non-subcontinent teams, you don't want your wicketkeeper being tired and then having to drop catches/miss stumpings in the actual match.

Besides I don't see a problem with Sanga at 6, I mean you've got Imran, Kapil and Wasim to hang around for you. And then there's Murali @ 11 who can come up to congratulate Sanga when he reaches 100, running himself out in the process of course.....

 

[Daemon]

Point taken.

Who are you and what have you done to migara

 

[cnerd123]

It's not. If he did not give up the gloves I expect him to average around 50. If he never kept, I would expect him to average around 65.

If he never kept it is more likely that he would have never played tests.